Thomas Steiner (@tomayac)

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September 27th, 2021

If you think native apps on iOS are any better than Web apps when it comes to #privacy due to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (https://t.co/U1kZXGWvDV), think twice: https://t.co/1E68Sp3Pok. Fingerprinting is an issue on Web and native apps alike.

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@dannymoerkerke @simevidas @dalmaer No, this doesn’t work. You would have to leave the screen on all the time and not multitask away from the app. For example, I use Google Maps (the app) in my pocket on my bike, it encodes turns 🔀 as vibration pattern

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@beriberikix @Paul_Kinlan @RReverser @reillyeon @HenrikJoreteg @DasSurma @slightlylate @Vincent_Scheib Folks interested in this scroll up from @reillyeon’s answer: https://t.co/X7AOdihPNo. It would be possible. Has it been tried or is something working

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@Grtsche2 @Wahlleiter_Bund @argonerd “Sie [Die Linke] rutschte mit 4,9 Prozent unter die Fünfprozenthürde. Allerdings konnte sie drei ihrer zuletzt fünf Direktmandate verteidigen und damit laut Grundmandatsklausel entsprechend ihres Zweitstimmenergeb

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@simevidas @samthor My past me said smart things. Hope the current me holds still up to its expectations 😂. On a more serious note: It’s funny how the same questions pop up over and over again in different contexts.

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#BTW21—Forming a government will be tough, but happy about the historically best result for @Die_Gruenen 🌻 so far: https://t.co/qago56OVFX. Here’s an overview of the color-coded coalition options: https://t.co/qpVY1i9hwA. No one even thinks of a co

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@TimvdLippe @dalmaer The first point makes it pretty clear: turn-by-turn navigation needs background geolocation, something that currently is a complete no-go on the Web. It’s tracked as Project Fugu 🐡 request https://t.co/PHMn0RMQeF.

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